Identifying Information Resources for Patients in the Intensive Care Unit and Their Families
| Autor: | Kevin C. Thornton, Kumiko O. Schnock, Priscilla K. Gazarian, Anne Fladger, Thanh-Giang Vu, Donna Williams, Sucheta S Ravindran, Cynthia Dwyer, Kathleen Leone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male Patients Health Personnel MEDLINE Context (language use) Critical Care Nursing law.invention Content format 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic Professional-Family Relations law Intensive care Humans Medicine Family 030212 general & internal medicine Digital learning Aged Aged 80 and over 030504 nursing Information Dissemination business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Intensive care unit Knowledge acquisition Intensive Care Units Health Communication Female Medical emergency 0305 other medical science business Patient education |
| Zdroj: | Critical Care Nurse. 37:e10-e16 |
| ISSN: | 1940-8250 0279-5442 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUNDProviding information to patients in intensive care units and their families is challenging. Patients often are admitted unexpectedly and experience stress and uncertainty. One source of stress has been identified as unclear, uncoordinated, or inconsistent communication and information. Despite the need for information, no centrally located, easily accessible, standardized intensive care unit education content exists.OBJECTIVETo identify educational content for patients in the intensive care unit and their families across 4 different hospitals, develop a general content database, and organize the general content into a framework for education of patients and their families.METHODSEducational content for patients in the intensive care units of 4 participating hospitals was collected and a gap analysis was performed.RESULTSKey content format and categories were identified. Educational content was organized into an information pathway divided into 3 phases: intensive care unit arrival; understanding the intensive care unit and partnering in care; and intensive care unit transitions. The gap analysis revealed substantial variation in content format and categories.CONCLUSIONSStructuring a digital learning center using different stages of the patient’s stay in the intensive care unit and placing resources in the context of an information pathway can help coordinate education for these patients and their families, and creates a consistent communication guide for clinicians as well. The optimal digital format should be considered in designing the learning center. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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